NYSE:BGG - Briggs & Stratton Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Briggs & Stratton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BGG."

Briggs & Stratton declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Thursday, January 3rd. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 17th. View Briggs & Stratton's Dividend History.

Briggs & Stratton announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, April 25th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Briggs & Stratton Co. (NYSE:BGG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The industrial products company reported ($0.51) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.47) by $0.04. The industrial products company earned $279 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $297.80 million. Briggs & Stratton had a positive return on equity of 8.46% and a negative net margin of 2.04%. View Briggs & Stratton's Earnings History.

Briggs & Stratton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 24th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Briggs & Stratton updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.35-1.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.45. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.93-1.99 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.92 billion.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Briggs & Stratton's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Briggs & Stratton's share price to reach $22.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 49.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Briggs & Stratton.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Briggs & Stratton in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Briggs & Stratton.

Media coverage about BGG stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Briggs & Stratton earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Briggs & Stratton's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.20%), Brandes Investment Partners LP (6.02%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (2.58%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.79%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.56%) and RPG Investment Advisory LLC (0.45%). Company insiders that own Briggs & Stratton stock include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Harold L Redman, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., JPMorgan Chase & Co., RPG Investment Advisory LLC, State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Bank of Montreal Can, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Cardinal Capital Management, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Brandes Investment Partners LP, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

Shares of BGG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.15.

Briggs & Stratton has a market capitalization of $653.64 million and generates $1.88 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $-11,320,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.29 on an earnings per share basis. Briggs & Stratton employs 5,185 workers across the globe.

The official website for Briggs & Stratton is http://www.basco.com.

Briggs & Stratton's mailing address is 12301 WEST WIRTH STREET, WAUWATOSA WI, 53222. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-259-5333.